Billy Williams - The Pied Piper
This is one of those tunes that, upon first listen, I just knew I had to have. Given the subject matter it's appropriately infectious, especially the vocal purring. Such a fun song. It was written by either Eddie Cochran or Lee Denson, who released it late in 1956 on the Vik label. Billy Williams' version came out soon after on Coral. Now believe me, I don't intentionally try and relate everything back to Elvis, it just seems to happen, but it's Denson who taught him to play guitar when he was just a boy growing up in Memphis, Tennessee. Now you wouldn't have wanted me to keep that all to myself, would you? So enjoy this great version of The Pied Piper and if anyone has the Lee Denson rockabilly original, I'd love to hear it.
Labels: doo wop, elvis presley, rhythm and blues, rock'n'roll